It Follows: A Theory of How to Avoid "It"

It Follows: A Theory on How to Avoid "It"

SPOLILER ALERT: If you have not seen the movie, please read this post at your own discretion.

As you know, there’s not a lot of back story on where ‘It’ came from. But we do know a couple of things. ‘It’ comes after you as soon as you have sex with the person “It” is currently following. ‘It’ moves very slowly (you can outrun it), never stops, and can imitate anyone to it’s liking. ‘It’ will kill the person “It” is after and go after the next person down the line. “It” is kind of like a paranormal STD.

‘It’ will always come after you and the only way to temporarily get ‘It’ to stop is to have sex with someone else. Then, I believe that ‘It’ resets itself and starts after the new person. I say resets because it takes a long time for ‘It’ to come after that new person. I think ‘It’ goes back to its origin from where it came and starts from there. This ties into how I think you can survive ‘It’ following you.

If ‘It’ resets itself after you have sex with someone and then comes after the new person, why don’t you just have sex with the previous person you just had sex with?  The main character sleeps with multiple people throughout the movie to get ‘It’ to stop following her. Of course it worked temporary, but knowing what we know, it’s not a permanent fix. At the very end of the movie she sleeps with her best friend and they walk down the sidewalk together knowing that ‘It’ is following one of them.  Just keep sleeping with each other every day and you should be in the clear due to the time "It" takes to reset.  Of course this is assumes "It" resets and returns to its origins after every sexual encounter.  This is a common theory among the people who have seen this movie.  I think it is basically correct given what we know right now about "It."  More information is needed into the actual origins of "It" in order to flesh out my avoidance theory.  I hope a sequel is made addressing issues such as: where "it" came from, what "it" is, or even why sex is the only way to transmit "it." 

Tell me what you think below.